Beckman Scholars
2010-2011
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VU Beckman Scholar: Shinawi Tesniem
B.A., Chemistry (anticipated), 2012, Vanderbilt University
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VU Beckman Scholar Mentor: Prof. David Cliffel, Department of Chemistry |
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VU Beckman Scholar: Charlie Xie
B.A., Chemistry, Biological Sciences(anticipated), 2012, Vanderbilt University |
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VU Beckman Scholar Mentor: Ellen Fanning, Professor of Chemistry Dr. Fanning studied chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and began research there in biochemistry and genetics with Dr. Oliver Smithies. She continued research on protein-DNA interactions with Dr. Benno Mueller-Hill and Dr. Walter Doerfler at the University of Cologne, where she earned an undergraduate Diplom and doctorate. She joined the molecular genetics group at the University of Konstanz with the goal of determining how proteins separate parental DNA strands and coordinately replicate the two strands in human cells and how the process is regulated. As the model system for these studies, she began utilizing a DNA tumor virus mini-chromosome and human cell extracts. In 1981 she was recruited to the Institute for Biochemistry at the University of Munich as a tenured professor, and 1995 to Vanderbilt University as a Stevenson Professor. The Fanning Lab continues to use the viral model system to study the structure and function of human DNA replication proteins, with the long term goal of understanding the interplay between DNA replication and repair pathways to maintain genomic integrity and of uncovering the strategies used by viruses to manipulate these pathways for their own propagation. The Fanning Lab has been the research home of many undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers from around the globe, and enjoys research collaborations with colleagues. |
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